Chapter 377


    377-She Only Likes Thiago


    Author''s POV:


    Years Ago:


    Things changed drastically after Thiago''s father passed away. At least for Thiago.


    Shaun threw an enormous party to celebrate, but he titled itpletely differently so that nobody could


    question why the party was being thrown.


    Enya stood in the corner while everybody was enjoying in the garden, gossiping, and enjoying the food.


    "Hey, who are you?” she heard a voice from behind him, and upon turning around, she saw little Corbin


    staring at her.


    “I''m Enya!” she introduced herself, looking over her shoulder at her mother, who was a respected guest


    at the party.


    Shaun now knew he could do anything with Hazel by his side.


    “I''m future alpha King Corbin. You are standing on my property, so you need to bow down to me,”


    Corbin mumbled with a smirk on his lips.


    He tied his powerful arms over his chest and rolled his eyes at her for dy.


    "I will bow when you are finally the Alpha King," she replied in a very sassy tone.


    "You are supposed to talk in a respectful tone with me,” Corbin pouted at her, staring at the teddy she


    was holding in her arms.


    "Give me that," he said, reaching out his hand for her, but she shook her head, refusing to give him her


    teddy.


    “You cannot say no to me,” he growled, attempting to grab the teddy out of her hands, but she pulled


    away from him and secured herself.


    "I just did." She stuck her tongue out and ran in her mother''s direction. The moment she hugged her


    mother''s legs, Shaun turned to her.


    "Little Enya looks upset; what happened?" Shaun asked, watching his son walk after Enya but stand


    with his father now.


    "He was snatching my Teddy," Enyained, and Hazel let out a nervousugh.


    "It''s okay. Don''t be rude. Sharing is caring, you know?" Hazel tried to grab the teddy from Enya to hand


    it to Corbin, who was still ring at Enya.


    "No! It''s mine. If he wanted to y, he could have asked nicely." Enya held the teddy bear even more


    tightly and refused to let go.


    "I''m so sorry. She acts arrogant sometimes.” Hazel was nervouslyughing and trying to cheer up


    Shaun, who didn’t even look much upset.


    "It''s fine. She is a kid too. And why do you need her teddy? You never y with teddies. Don’t ask for it


    just for the sake of upsetting her,” Shaun told off his son and then turned to Hazel.


    "She must be a hybrid, isn''t she?" he looked very impressed even by looking at Enya.


    "She is." Hazel caressed her daughter''s cheek proudly, smiling at her and then looking back at Shaun.


    “Then she must get the powers you have." Shaun stroked his chin, his gaze fixed on Enya.


    "She definitely will when it''s time," Hazel answered.


    "Aha! Hmm! I think you should enjoy the party. I will have a conversation with you about herter on,"


    Shaun said before he walked away with Corbin, who stuck his tongue out to taunt Enya before leaving.


    “Enya! Why didn''t you give him the teddy? Her father pays us. I could get you a new one,” Hazel said


    to Enya, shaking her head in disapproval.


    "I don''t like him." Enya simply shook her head at her mom.


    "You need to make friends, Enya," Hazel whispered, smiling at an old couple greeting her.


    "I will make friends with that boy I met in the cemetery," Enya answered, a frown appearing on Hazel''s


    forehead.


    "What cemetery? What kid?" Hazel had to grab her daughter''s arm and pull her to the corner in order


    to have a talk with her.


    “That kid whose mom died," Enya answered, freeing her arm from her mother''s grasp, but she couldn''t


    escape her mother''s angry re.


    “Enya! Tell me who exactly how do you know about that kid and what cemetery?" Hazel asked her, and


    this time she looked even angrier.


    She didn’t know anything about Enya knowing the little kid. Hearing about Thiago from Enya shook her


    heart.


    "I met him when me and Daddy went to pray for his mommy,” she answered, but grimaced at her


    mother for questioning her so roughly.


    Hazel gulped as she straightened her back and zoned out.


    "So your father took you there without my permission, got it?" Hazel said to herself. Her mood has


    changed so much that everybody can tell she is no longer enjoying the party.


    After going through thest two hours of the party like a zombie, she finally said goodbye to Shaun and


    the others and left with her daughter. Shaun had offered her his own car to drop her home.


    She didn''t even call or text her husband back when she kept getting his calls.


    She knew Shaun''s car would have any sort of microphone and cameras, so she didn''t want to give him


    a hint that her husband had been taking their daughter to pray for Mrs. Shepard.


    Once they got off the car, she walked into the house, holding Enya by her arms tightly.


    "Mommy! Let go, it hurts,” Enyained, but Hazel snatched her toy away and threw it on the floor


    while preparing to call for ric.


    “ric!" she shouted at the top of her lungs.


    “Come out here," she screamed again, and this time, he rushed out of his room and found Enya in


    tears.


    “Let her go.” ric lunged at her without even asking what had happened, and he first freed his


    daughter.


    “Are you crazy?" ric yelled at her as he held his daughter close to his chest. For a moment, Hazel


    couldn''t talk because she kept staring at Enya and how she was crying.


    "I didn''t mean to. She is my angel, you know that," Hazel said, trying to get near Enya, who hid in her


    father’s chest and stole eyes from her mother.


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    “I''m not sure anymore.” ric shook his head and shocked her with what he thought of her.


    "You think my daughter is not my priority? Whatever I''m doing, I''m doing it for her,” she yelled, breaking


    down finally.378-When It Is About Enya.


    Author''s POV:


    Years Ago:


    "You took her near those people?" she yelled after she couldn''t stay silent for another minute.


    "And what is wrong with that?" ric asked, looking at her daughter next, "Go to your room, kiddo. I will


    come in a minute and read you a bedtime story, okay?" ric put a huge smile on his lips when talking


    to Enya, who, by that time, had stopped crying. Enya gave a nod to her father, and after collecting the


    teddy from the floor, she shed past them to her room.


    "Do you have an ounce of decency left in your body? Why the hell were you taking your anger out on


    our daughter?" ric straightened his back to mutter the words at Hazel.


    "Because you took her to that pack. Do you know how Shaun will react when he finds out you have


    been sympathizing with them?” Hazel didn''t shout this time, but her words were mixed with emotions


    whening out of her mouth.


    "He cannot control us like that. We have done everything he has ever asked us. But now he is


    interrupting how we teach Enya. I want her to sympathize with others, not be coldblooded


    murderers like us," ric said, as he shook his head at Hazel.


    "You think I''m a coldhearted murderer?" Hazel asked and broke down before she could get an answer


    from him.


    "That''s what we have be. We are backing up murderers and torturing these little kids. When they


    all grow up, they wille for our daughter.” ric yelled in a muffled tone. Trying to tell Hazel off was


    never easy.


    "And I am already doing everything in my power to escape that situation. Do you think we are safe if we


    go against the Alpha


    King?" Hazel reluctantly approached him and held his hand. He didn''t back away from her, so it gave


    her enough courage to submit to his chest. She rested her head on his chest, and he calmed down


    only a little bit.


    "Now tell me, what else did you do?" She asked him politely, and that''s when he broke the hug and


    pushed her away with a disgusting look on his face.


    "You are only trying to get the information out of me. You think I told someone the whole truth about


    how we all are involved in snatching the parents away from that miserable kid?" ric yelled once he


    realized his beloved wife was trying to use him just so she could get information out of him.


    "I am— am only worried. If you told anyone and Shaun found out, we are all dead. Why don''t you


    understand we are stuck in this mess? I cannot step away after offering them help for so long." She


    also raised her voice at him out of exhaustion.


    "Then how far are we going to keep doing the dirty job for him? Will Shaun control Enya''s fate too?


    Obviously, he will. He will have this power over us where he can make us listen to him.


    We will stay imprisoned to him and that means Enya too will suffer with us," ric yammered as he


    sobbed a little. He felt the walls closing in on him every time he realized there was no way out of this


    mess for them.


    "Ju—st calm down, okay? It is all too fresh. Once the whole storm calms down, we will be able toe


    up with a n to get out of this mess," Hazel lied to him. So far, she didn''t n to leave Shaun''s side.


    Why would she?


    She got lucky. The respect and status she got at the party that night became another reason she didn''t


    want to leave this style of living anymore.


    "Really? You are thinking about running away from this mess." With some trepidation, ric inquired.


    "Yes! Ye—s!" She nodded, stammering and not even able to make eye contact with him.


    "I don''t know how much I can trust you with this piece of news." ric refused to believe her, and


    rightfully so. Even Hazel could tell she had lost the trust ric once had in her.


    "After everything, tell me if it is worth ruining our rtionship for,” ric whispered as he defeatedly sat


    down on the couch.


    "ric! It is fine. It will be fine. You just need to stop feeling guilty every two seconds. We don''t know


    those kids; we don''t need to know them. Our entire focus should be on our daughter." Hazel sat down


    with him and spoke softly this time. She didn’t want to trigger him and lose him.


    "And what if somebody thinks the same about our daughter and tries to ruin her life?" He asked,


    slouching down, his eyes stuck in space.


    "They won''t be able to hurt her. She has a powerful mother, a very loving father, and a Royal Alpha


    King avable to shield her. That''s why I am keeping my rtionship good with Shaun. When it is time,


    I will get help from him for Enya''s better future,” she said confidently while reaching for her husband''s


    hand, who didn''t back away this time.


    "Please! After this, promise me we will not do it ever again?” ric turned to her, and she faintly


    nodded, giving him a sweet smile. Her phone rang, drawing her attention away from her friend. She


    stared at the caller ID and then answered the call with a bit of a frown.


    ric watched a frown appear on her forehead. Shaun usually never calls at this time, and since they


    had been together at the party not even hours ago, there seemed to be no reason for him to blow up


    her phone.


    "Hey! I have arrived home, your highness,” Hazel said over the phone, assuring him she was fine.


    "I know; I spoke to the driver. I have called you for another reason,” he said from the other side of the


    call.


    "What is it?” She inquired, fearful that he would abandon her with anotherrge project and that she


    would have another big fight with ric, who needed some time before they returned to their ways.


    "It is about Enya!" The fake smile on Hazel’s face vanished as Shaun told her what he wanted to be


    done.